The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

Quote by Samuel Butler

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Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a...

A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a...

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil....

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil....

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good,...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of...

Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who...

Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who...

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The...

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

Genius is no respecter of time, trouble, money or persons, the four things around which...

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without...

Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without...

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely...

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely...

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one...

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one...

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds...

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds...

All truth is not to be told at all times.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.